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Monday, October 20, 2014

Turmeric naturally increases brain cell growth

The results of a new study published in the journal Stem Cell Research & Therapy
suggests that the popular ancient Indian spice, turmeric, could help
repair the brain following an injury and could also be used to treat
neurodegenerative diseases.

In order to examine the effects of
turmeric on brain cells, scientists first bathed endogenous neural stem
cells (NSCs), which are stem cells found within adult brains, in
extracts of a chemical found in turmeric. Amazingly, they observed up to
80 percent more stem cell growth when compared to the control, which used no chemical.

Now, we all know that turmeric offers many health benefits for people,
including the ability to cure and treat many diseases without side
effects. Multiple studies have shown that cholesterol medications,
antidepressants, pain and inflammation medications, some diabetes drugs
and many others, can potentially be replaced by the ancient spice.

As remarkable as that sounds, it's even more exciting to learn that turmeric can possibly help repair brain damage in humans, following events like head trauma or stroke.

Turmeric helps generate stem cell growth in rats, study finds

Taking the experiment one step further, researchers injected aromatic ar-turmerone (a chemical extract of turmeric)
into part of a rat's brain and witnessed "similar increased growth and
proliferation of stem cells into neurons," according to the study's
co-author Dr. Adele Ruger.

Through PET imaging, scientists
discovered that the subventricular zone (SVZ) was wider, and the
hippocampus had expanded in rats that received the turmeric injections.

This
is quite significant considering the SVZ and hippocampus are "the two
sites in adult mammalian brains where neurogenesis, the growth of
neurons, is known to occur," scientists say.